The aim of this study was to investigate the causes, clinical course and the outcome of critical illnesses requiring emergency admission to the intensive care unit in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. A retrospective study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, in the western region of Saudi Arabia, which included all critically ill patients with Systemic Lupus E...

Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a progressive, potentially fatal clinical syndrome occurring in previously healthy children. Our study aimed to determine the current leading causes of PALF in a single center in Germany, identifying possible prognostic markers. Thirty-seven pediatric patients with PALF were included. Medical records were reviewed for demographic, laboratory and clinical ...

Background: Each year many universities are admitting and graduating students, and in this perpetual cycle, paying attention to the quality of education and the environmental conditionsare of prime importance. Lack of academic success not only leads to waste of time and cost of training centers, but also causes psychological , familial, and community problems for students and their families. In...

INTRODUCTION The present study aims to evaluate the utility of D-dimer testing for differentiating the causes of acute chest pain, including acute aortic dissection (AAD), pulmonary embolism (PE), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), unstable angina (UA), and other uncertain diagnoses of chest pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS Consecutive patients admitted for acute chest pain within 24 h from symptom...

Estimation of the magnitude and causes of poisoning was the objective of the current study. A retrospective study of medical records of all poisoning children admitted to Benghazi Children Hospital in Libya from January 2008 up to December 2010. Number of children admitted was 244; the age ranged from less than one to 13 years old. Most of cases were admitted with mild symptom and the majority ...

BACKGROUND In least developing countries, there are few data on children's critical care. This makes the provision of aid and improvement of outcome difficult. OBJECTIVES To describe admission and outcome patterns of children managed in a general intensive care unit at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH), Ethiopia, over a 5-year period. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study...

abstract one of the best ways of understanding religion is to determine the role and status of reason in religiousknowledgeregarding faith, morality, theology, and law. this issue has been posed in religiousstudies for attraction and persuasion of younger generation. in our survey of imam ali’s speeches and sayings, as the true commentatorof the religion, we encounter propositions in which reas...

The health burden and mortality caused by infections during childhood remain large in sub-Saharan Africa. We performed a review of the causes of hospitalization and death among children admitted to a pediatric teaching hospital in Bamako, Mali. Medical records of children admitted throughout 2000 were systematically sampled and abstracted for demographics, diagnosis, hospital course, and dispos...

how to cite this article: inaloo s, katibeh p, ghasemof m. cerebral palsy in 1-12 year old children in southern iran. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):35-41. abstract objective cerebral palsy (cp) is a non-progressive cns disorder due to an insult to the growing brain, usually occurring in the first two years of life. during the recent years, its etiology has been changed; perinatal and ...